BACKGROUND
- River Basin Development Authorities (“the RBDAs” or the “the Authorities”) were created to harness and develop the nation’s water resource potentials and serve as veritable vehicles for comprehensive and integrated rural development in Nigeria.
CURRENT STATUS
Shareholding Structure :100% to government before partial commecrialisation after which it will be structured to accommodate both parties (Government-RBDAs & Investors)
Current Status of The Enterprise : The RBDAs are slated for partial commercialisation of four (4) pilot projects of the named RBDAs.
Track Record
• surface and ground water resources estimated at about 250 billion cubic meters yet to be exploited
• The Project was conceived to support the realisation of Federal Government’s aspirations for water resources, agriculture and hydro power sectors which hitherto have been embedded with huge opportunities.
POTENTIALS
o Various crops can be grown successfully, including rice, vegetables, maize, etc
o Massive irrigation potential of over 3.14 million hectares (about 100,000 hectares currently developed)
o Small to large scale hydro-electric power generating capacity largely untapped
o Abundant surface and ground water resources estimated at about 250 billion cubic meters yet to be exploited
o Fishery, Piggery & Poultry Development opportunities
o Food Production, Processing and Storage prospects
o Tourism & Water Sports/Recreations potentials
o To construct, operate and maintain dams, dykes, polders, wells, boreholes, irrigation
o To develop and keep up-to-date a comprehensive water resources master plan identifying all water resources requirements
| S/N | River Basin Development Authority | Related States | Area (KM2) |
| 1 | Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority | Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Kogi, Anambra, Rivers | 53,900 |
| 2 | Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority | ||
| 3 | Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority | Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Edo, Ekiti | 99,300 |
| 4 | Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority | ||
| 5 | Chad Basin Development Authority | Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Plateau, Adamawa | 178,500 |
| 6 | Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority | ||
| 7 | Cross River Basin Development Authority | Cross River, Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Abia | 57,400 |
| 8 | Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority | Plateau, Nassarawa, Benue, Kogi | 74,500 |
| 9 | Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority | Niger, Kwara, Kaduna, Kogi, Federal Capital Territory | 154,600 |
| 10 | Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority | ||
| 11 | Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority | Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi | 135,100 |
| 12 | Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority | Adamawa,Taraba,Gombe,Bauchi | 156,500 |